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ISRAEL LEBANON BORDER, ISRAEL: Israeli shells with messages in Hebrew scrawled on them are seen 17July 2006, at a military staging area along the northern Israeli border with Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed today to continue Israel's punishing twin offensive against the "terrorists" of Hezbollah and Hamas, declaring his country was facing a "moment of truth". At least 47 people were killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon today and 10 more bodies found, pushing the death toll from the Israeli offensive to more than 200 over the past six days. The overall toll now comprises 195 civilians and 12 soldiers killed in Lebanon since 12 July, medics and police said. Nine of the 12 soldiers were killed today. More than 440 people have been wounded. AFP PHOTO/PEDRO UGARTE (Photo credit should read PEDRO UGARTE/AFP via Getty Images)